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Security guard slaps student in HM’s office

Apr 03, 2012 News

 

 

A Security Guard attached to a security firm in New Amsterdam allegedly slapped a 13-year-old student last Tuesday. The incident occurred in the head teacher’s office at the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School Annex.
According to the teen, the guard summoned her “to tell me something” while she (the student) was entering the gate around 11:30 hrs. She said the guard had threatened to slap her over a year ago and would normally “make trouble with students” whenever they want to go outside to purchase items.
“I stand up and she said it was her job and she said she don’t play with her job and she started to curse me up and I walked away. She said she will ‘box’ me and I told her she is not my mother”.
The student then reported what the guard told her to the head teacher of the school who then summoned the guard to the office. The guard related what she had to say to the head teacher. The student then alleged that “the guard slapped me in my face”.
The head teacher immediately put her out of the office.
No Student Welfare Officer was available for intervention at the moment at the Department of Education in New Amsterdam, so the child, her mother and the security guard visited the Probation Department at Princess Elizabeth Road on Wednesday where an officer reviewed the matter.
The guard was asked to apologise to the child, but refused to do so since she said “that the girl told her about her mother”.
The child’s mother then reported the matter to the Regional Education Department which in turn made a report to the Guard’s place of work in New Amsterdam. The police advised her to obtain a medical certificate at the New Amsterdam Hospital.
She added that her daughter has since suffered from ear pains. According to the mother, the police are now handling the matter and a court date is being awaited.
Efforts to contact the guard or guard service for a comment, proved futile.

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